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What is an athetosis?
An athetosis is a series of involuntary movements of the limbs, typically affecting the distal parts of the limbs.
What are the characteristics of athetosis?
Athetosis is mainly due to lesions or damages in putamen. Patients might have involuntary, purposeless and worm-like movements (especially of the distal parts of their limbs)
Athetosis resulting from basal ganglia injury?
Athetosis, or constant writhing movements, is often caused by injury to deeply situated structures within the brain called the basal ganglia.Reviewed ByReview Date: 11/12/2010Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
How does Lesch-Nyhan syndrome affect development?
Many patients with Lesch-Nyhan will never learn to walk. By the end of the first year, writhing motions (athetosis), and spasmodic movements of the limbs and facial muscles (chorea) are clear evidence of defective motor development
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 3rd letter H and 4th letter E and 6th letter O?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern -THE-O---. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 3rd letter H and 4th letter E and 6th letter O. In alphabetical order, they are: atheromas athetoses athetosic athetosis athetotic
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 4th letter E and 5th letter T and 6th letter O?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern -T-ETO---. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 4th letter E and 5th letter T and 6th letter O. In alphabetical order, they are: athetoses athetosic athetosis athetotic
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 4th letter E and 5th letter T?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 14 words with the pattern -T-ET----. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter T and 4th letter E and 5th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are: atheteses athetesis athetised athetises athetized athetizes athetoses athetosic athetosis athetotic etceteras stretched stretcher stretches
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter A and 4th letter E and 8th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 28 words with the pattern A--E---I-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 4th letter E and 8th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: adrenalin afterpain aldehydic algebraic allegoric allethrin ambergris anaerobia anaerobic andesitic anhedonia anhedonic antechoir apheresis apheretic apneustic appertain artemisia arteritis ascertain aspersoir assegaais atheistic athematic athetesis athetosic athetosis athetotic
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter A and 6th letter O and 7th letter S and 9th letter S?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 19 words with the pattern A----OS-S. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 6th letter O and 7th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: abelmosks acarboses albumoses alkaloses alkalosis amauroses amaurosis anabioses anabiosis anidroses anidrosis ankyloses ankylosis apoptoses apoptosis arthroses arthrosis athetoses athetosis
What is the medical term meaning twisting of a joint?
Athetosis is involuntary writhing movement at a joint.Torsion is a general technical word for twisting.Sprain is sometimes the result of twisting of a joint.Athetosis
What will happen if there are lesions in basal ganglia?
As basal ganglia is involved in controlling your muscle activity, any lesions or damages to your basal ganglia might cause hypertonia and/or various abnormal involuntary and purposeless movements. Some examples of diseases that are related to basal ganglia are parkinson's disease, chorea, athetosis and hemiballismus.
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter A and 4th letter E and 7th letter S and 9th letter S?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 19 words with the pattern A--E--S-S. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 4th letter E and 7th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: alienisms alienists allelisms angeluses antepasts aphereses apheresis aphetises appetises apterisms arbelests asterisks asterisms atheteses athetesis athetises athetoses athetosis autecisms
